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A new NEW Connections puzzle pops up at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people are always playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s”. If you’re looking for the Tuesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Tuesday, March 17 (Game #1010).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need Connections tips.
SPOILER ALERT: Today’s NYT Connections information is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
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NEW Connections today (game #1011) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- SPELL
- CRY
- RAIN
- COAT
- WELL
- STRETCH
- CURSE
- WOW
- WINNER
- EMPTY
- PATCH
- JUMP
- DELAY
- REALITY
- REVERB
- PERIOD
NEW Connections today (game #1011) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Space in the middle
- GREEN: Yelp in pain
- BLUE: Stompboxes
- PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with “neck”
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NEW Connections today (game #1011) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: INTERVAL
- GREEN: RESPONDS TO A STUDDED TOE
- BLUE: GUITAR EFFECTS PEDALS
- PURPLE: _____ CONTROL
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1011) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1011, are…
- YELLOW: INTERVAL PATCH, PERIOD, SPELL, STRETCH
- GREEN: RESPONDS TO A STUDDED TOE CURSE, JUMP, WIN, SHOUT
- BLUE: GUITAR EFFECTS PEDALS DELAY, REVERB, WAH, WHAMMY
- PURPLE: _____ CONTROL BLANK, POINT, RAIN, REALITY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 errors
It took me four guesses before I got the ___ CHECK correct as I was convinced that SPELL had to be one of the four tiles.
It was all worth it though as it ended up giving me my second “purple first” of the week. Although I really think GUITAR EFFECTS PEDALS should have been rated the hardest — especially since DELAY crossed over into the INTERVAL group.
I stub my toe every other week, so the green group should have been much more obvious to me; last year i stubbed my left big toe so badly that the toenail had to be removed and it definitely made me CUSH.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Tuesday, March 17, Game #1010)
- YELLOW: METAPHORS FOR FAILURE BIND, HOT WATER, jam, pickle
- GREEN: MUSIC THEORETICAL CONCEPTS KEY, PITCH, SCALE, TONE
- BLUE: THINGS WITH STRING BALLOON, KITE, TEA BAG, YO-YO
- PURPLE: METAPHORS FOR SPEED ARROW, LIGHTNING, ROCKET, WIND
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different degree of difficulty: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough, and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the last one, as you’ll be able to answer it by a process of elimination. Also, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a bit more involved than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to let you beat yourself up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that can hide the answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
